[00:02.31]Produced by: Ron Gilmore [00:10.49] [00:10.96]Yeah things change, things change [00:19.39]Things change, bitch [00:22.09] [00:22.38]Pick up the pen, time to write my sins away [00:24.90]Right my wrongs and then life goes on [00:26.79]Bitches be calling, then mistakenly niggas be falling [00:29.93]I **** them and I leave them, forever picture me balling [00:32.64]With cash that I never had, I'm trying to stretch a million [00:35.60]Hoping it forever lasts, a fear of going broke [00:38.40]Cause most niggas I know can barely make the car note [00:40.85]Can barely keep the rent paid, so I'm like Da Vinci [00:43.50]Painting pictures to last centuries since like the 10th grade [00:46.23]Carolina niggas with New York plates [00:48.15]My template, switch states and swerve, mixtapes was served [00:51.52]Get cake, absurd, and has big plates, preferred [00:54.24]You heard, my every word [00:56.00]Potentially could free us all, now that's a heavy burden [00:58.88]Sometimes I'd rather get some head and watch my wealth grow [01:01.30]Cause things change, am I the same one you fell for? [01:04.44]One side screaming "hell no" other side holding on for dear life [01:07.91]Lately bitch I feel like, I ain't that young frail nigga that I used to be [01:11.70]Pardon my ways girl, I'm still getting used to me [01:15.76]Cause things change, I'm still getting used to me [01:18.41]I ain't that old shy nigga that I used to be [01:21.31]Bitches watching niggas plotting on me, truthfully [01:23.94]Gotta be careful what you wish for, as you can see [01:26.54]Things change [01:27.54] [01:28.13]Things change, it'll never be the same [01:32.27]I've never been the one to settle, it'll never be the same [01:36.91](Yeah, things change) [01:38.78]Nothing ever stays the same, it'll never be the same [01:43.16](Things change) [01:44.19]Nothing ever stays the same [01:48.41] [01:48.67]I told you, raindrops do fall [01:50.31]But see, these clouds ain't the same that you saw [01:52.61]My memory banks got some pain to withdraw [01:55.49]I am not afraid, I am not unscathed and [01:58.27]Don't use bandaids but, back in the days I was stressing a grip [02:00.95]The only black in my class wondering, where do I sit? [02:04.67]College campus too fast, now depression exists [02:07.37]Like I'm less than equipped, feeling destined to quit [02:10.04]Then you appeared, made me see myself without a mirror [02:12.93]See, I never shared all the fears of my peers [02:15.68]I'm thinking about this African queen, loved her body [02:18.40]But she's more than just the back of her jeans, she's a magical dream [02:21.10]I fell hard with such a frail heart [02:23.91]She taught me that A***h was just her way to spell God [02:26.54]And she was my American pie, so cultured [02:29.18]Her intelligence ahead of her time, looked at my face [02:32.12]And with a smile called me Elephant Eyes, a secret nickname [02:34.78]Always seems to settle my mind, cause I guess it reminds me of you [02:37.71]Which reminds me of love, which reminds me of truth [02:41.08]Which is all the above, recently liquors in my body, it's all on my tongue [02:44.16]I changed into something they thought I'd never become [02:47.76]Give you my food for thought, it's more than a plate of soul food [02:50.56]If you wanna change, gotta escape your own rules [02:53.47]Things change, bitch [02:54.61] [02:55.00]Things change, it'll never be the same [02:59.08]I've never been the one to settle, it'll never be the same [03:03.72](Yeah, things change) [03:05.65]Nothing ever stays the same, it'll never be the same [03:09.93](Things change) [03:10.91]Nothing ever stays the same [03:13.09](Things change baby) [03:14.11]Hey [03:39.48]